Some parasitic plants can generate a chimeric tissue where the body of the host and the parasite become completely indistinguishable.
Live performance. 40 min.
“The Time of the Chimera” is the third part of the trilogy AUTOTOMY by Post-Organic Bauplan. From the interaction between analog, robotic and digital bodies, the performers, holograms, and prostheses are building up a chimeric coextensive-corporeality on stage.
AUTOTOMIE: die Zeit der Chimäre was produced by Post-Organic Bauplan in co-production with LOFFT – DAS THEATER, Leipzig, Germany. Funded by Kulturamt Stadt Leipzig, Kulturstiftung des Freistaates Sachsen. Diese Maßnahme wird mitfinanziert durch Steuermittel auf der Grundlage des vom Sächsischen Landtag beschlossenen Haushaltes. Supported by the NATIONAL PERFORMANCE NETWORK – STEPPING OUT, funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media within the framework of the initiative NEUSTART KULTUR. Assistance Program for Dance.